Tencent Cloud Lighthouse

Tencent Cloud Lighthouse
Getting Started
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Contents
Getting Started
Quickly Creating Application with Lighthouse
Basic Concepts
Creating Lighthouse Instances
Creating a Linux Instance
Creating a Windows Instance©2013-2022 Tencent Cloud. All rights reserved.

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Getting Started
Quickly Creating Application with Lighthouse：

Last updated 2022-08-15 18:03:47
This document describes how to use Lighthouse to quickly create an application. You can create and deploy anapplication with speed and ease as instructed in this document.

Step 1. Sign up and top up
1. Sign up for a Tencent Cloud account.
If you already have a Tencent Cloud account, ignore this step.
2. Top up.
Lighthouse instances are available through monthly subscription. To make a purchase, you need to top up youraccount as instructed in Payment Methods.

Step 2. Select an application image during Lighthouse instancecreation
1. Log in to the Lighthouse console.
2. Click Create to enter the Lighthouse purchase page.

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Region: We recommend you select a region near your target users to reduce the network latency and improve theiraccess speed.
Availability zone: Randomly assigned is selected by default. You can select one as well.
Image: Select the required application. In this example, the WordPress 5.7.1 application image is selected.
Instance bundle: Select an instance bundle according to the required instance configuration (including CPU,memory, system disk, bandwidth, and data transfer plan).
Instance Name: enter a custom instance name. If it is left empty, "image name-four random characters" will be usedas the name by default. When instances are created in batches, their names will be consecutive with autoincrementing suffixes. For example, if you enter "LH" as the name and select 3 as the quantity, 3 instances "LH1","LH2", and "LH3" will be created.
Purchase period: Default to 1 month.
Quantity: One instance by default.
3. Click Buy now.
4. Make sure the configuration information is correct, click Submit order and make the payment as prompted.

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After making the payment, the WordPress application will be successfully created. Then, you can log in to the instanceand manage the application.

Step 3. Get the admin information
1. Log in to the Lighthouse console and select the target instance in the instance list to enter its details page.
2. Select the Pre-installed application tab, and enter the application details page.
Note:
Only the Lighthouse instance created with "application image" has the Pre-installed application tab.
3. ﻿In the Application Software Info column, click

to copy the command for getting the WordPress admin account and password.
4. In the Pre-installed software section, click Log in.

5. In the pop-up login window, paste the command obtained in step 3 and press Enter.
Then, you can obtain WordPress admin account (admin) and password (wordpress_password).

Step 4. Manage the application
1. In the Pre-installed software section, click Admin address of WordPress.
2. In the opened browser window, enter the account and password obtained in Step 3. Get the admin information andclick Log in.

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After successful login, you can manage, customize, and configure WordPress based on your actual needs as shown
below:

See Also
For more information on practical operations in different scenarios, see Best Practices.

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Basic Concepts：

Last updated 2022-02-25 19:00:29

Instance
A Lighthouse instance is a virtual computing resource in the cloud, containing the most basic components such asCPU, OS, network, and disk. Lighthouse instances are generally suitable for supporting low-load lightweight
application scenarios with a mild amount of access requests, including small websites, web applications, blogs,forums, and cloud-based development, testing, and learning environments.

Instance Package
When you create a Lighthouse instance, the instance package you specify determines its server hardware
configuration. Lighthouse provides multiple instance packages consisting of CPU, memory, SSD cloud disk, andnetwork traffic package. The computing, memory, and storage features vary by instance package. You can select anappropriate instance package based on the scale of your application to be deployed. For more information, please see
Instance Package.

Image
An image is a preconfigured template that used to launch and run Lighthouse instances, which contains preinstalled
OS and software applications. Lighthouse provides system and application images. You can use an image to create
one or multiple instances.

Storage
The system disks in all Lighthouse packages are Tencent Cloud SSD cloud disks, which are based on full NVMe SSD
storage media and use a three-copy distributed storage mechanism to provide low-latency and high-throughput I/O
capabilities with a high random IOPS and 99.9999999% data security. For more information on the SSD cloud disk
performance, please see Storage Performance Description.

IP Address
Tencent Cloud provides private IPs and public IPs. Simply put, a private IP provides a LAN service for accessbetween Lighthouse instances, while a public IP is used for you to access an internet service on a Lighthouseinstance.
For more information on the private network connectivity between different Lighthouse instances and between
Lighthouse instances and other Tencent Cloud services, please see Private Network Connectivity Description.

FirewallA firewall is an important method to protect the Lighthouse network security. It works similarly to security groups ofCVM instances. You can configure firewall rules to open only certain ports on an instance so as to control the instance©2013-2022 Tencent Cloud. All rights reserved.

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inbound traffic.

Login Method
Tencent Cloud provides the following two encrypted login methods:
SSH key pair: you can remotely log in to an instance after completing simple configurations in the console and local
client and don't need to enter the password repeatedly in subsequent logins. This login method is more secure andreliable and can eliminate the threats of brute force attacks.
Login password: any user with the instance login password can remotely log in to the corresponding Lighthouseinstance at a public network address allowed by a security group.

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Creating Lighthouse Instances
Creating a Linux Instance：

Last updated 2022-06-16 19:07:34
This document describes how to purchase and use a Lighthouse instance.

Step 1. Sign up and Top up
1. Sign up for a Tencent Cloud account.
If you already have a Tencent Cloud account, ignore this step.
2. Top up online.
Lighthouse instances are available through monthly subscription. To make a purchase, you need to top up youraccount as instructed in Payment Methods.

Step 2. Purchase a Linux Lighthouse Instance
1. Log in to the Lighthouse console.
2. Click Create to enter the Lighthouse purchase page.

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Region: We recommend you select a region near your target users to reduce the network latency and improve theiraccess speed.
Availability zone: Randomly assigned is selected by default. You can select one as well.
Image: Select your desired Lighthouse OS. The CentOS 8.0 system image is selected here as an example.
Instance bundle: Select an instance package according to the required instance configuration (including CPU,memory, system disk, bandwidth, and monthly traffic).
Instance name: Enter a custom instance name. If it is left empty, an "image name + 4-digit random string" will be
used as the name by default. When multiple instances are created in a batch, their names will be consecutive with
auto-incrementing suffixes. For example, if you enter "LH" as the name and purchase three instances, the three
instances are named "LH1", "LH2", and "LH3".
Purchase period: Default to 1 month.
Quantity: Default to 1.
3. Click Buy now.
4. Confirm the configuration information is correct, click Submit order and make the payment as prompted.

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After making the payment, the Lighthouse instance purchase will be successfully completed. Then, you can log in tothe instance.

Step 3. Log in to the Linux Lighthouse InstanceLog in to the Lighthouse console, find the newly purchased instance in the instance list, and click Log in.
Log in to the Linux instance through the OrcaTerm terminal without entering the password.

Step 4. Reset the Linux Lighthouse Instance Password
If you want to use an SSH key or a remote login application to connect to the Linux instance, reset the password or seta key first. Here password resetting is taken as an example, and operations should be performed based on your actualneeds.
1. In the Lighthouse console, find the newly purchased instance in the instance list, and enter its details page.
2. On the instance details page, click Reset password in the top-right corner.

3. In the Reset password pop-up window, enter and confirm the password as prompted.
Note:
Passwords can be reset online and offline. If you opt for Reset Offline, you need to read the offline reset must-knows
and check I acknowledge the above statement.
If you use the Ubuntu image application to create an instance, the instance will disable login of the root user
through password by default. To enable it, see How do I log in to an instance as the root user on Ubuntu?﻿

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Creating a Windows Instance：

Last updated 2022-06-16 19:07:34
This document describes how to quickly purchase and use a Lighthouse instance.

Step 1. Sign up and Top up
1. Sign up for a Tencent Cloud account.
If you already have a Tencent Cloud account, ignore this step.
2. Top up online.
Lighthouse instances are available through monthly subscription. To make a purchase, you need to top up youraccount as instructed in Payment Methods.

Step 2. Purchase a Windows Lighthouse Instance
1. Log in to the Lighthouse console.
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Region: We recommend you select a region near your target users to reduce the network latency and improve theiraccess speed.
Availability zone: Randomly assigned is selected by default. You can select one as well.
Image: Select an OS as needed. The Windows Server 2022 system image is selected here as an example.
Instance bundle: Select an instance bundle according to the required instance configuration (including CPU,memory, system disk, bandwidth, and data transfer plan).
Instance name: Enter a custom instance name. If it is left empty, an "image name + 4-digit random string" will be
used as the name by default. When multiple instances are created in a batch, their names will be consecutive with
auto-incrementing suffixes. For example, if you enter "LH" as the name and purchase three instances, the three
instances are named "LH1", "LH2", and "LH3".
Login method: If you select a Windows image, you can use this option to set the login password of the instance:
Set password: Set the custom password for instance login.
Random password: The system sends an automatically generated password to your Message Center.
Purchase period: Default to 1 month.
Quantity: Default to 1.

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3. Click Buy now.
4. After confirming the configuration information is correct, click Submit order, and make the payment as prompted.

Step 3. Log in to the Windows Lighthouse Instance
1. In the Lighthouse console, find the newly purchased instance in the instance list, and click Log in.
Log in to Windows instances via the OrcaTerm terminal.

2. In the pop-up login window, enter your password and click Log in to access the instance.

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Tencent Cloud LighthouseMoreover, you may remotely connect to Windows instances via VNC or local RDP tools (such as Windows' built-inMSTSC).

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